Associations to the word «Disengagement»

Wiktionary

DISENGAGEMENT, noun. Release or detachment from a physical situation or other involvement.
DISENGAGEMENT, noun. The separation or release of a chemical.
DISENGAGEMENT, noun. (dated) Leisure; relief from responsibilities or onerous activities.
DISENGAGEMENT, noun. (military) (politics) Withdrawal from combat, confrontation, or the assertion of influence.
DISENGAGEMENT, noun. Termination of an agreement to be married.
DISENGAGEMENT, noun. (fencing) A circular movement of the blade that blocks an opponent's parry.
DISENGAGEMENT, noun. (medicine) (obstetrics) The emergence of the fetus from the birth canal.

Dictionary definition

DISENGAGEMENT, noun. The act of releasing from an attachment or connection.
DISENGAGEMENT, noun. To break off a military action with an enemy.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats